Introduction to GIS Final Exam, Geographic Information Systems Course, Academic Year 2026 –
Study Guide and Practice Questions
Queries - ANS✔✔ extract features or records from a feature class or from a table and isolate
them for further use
attribute query - ANS✔✔ uses records in attribute table
spatial query - ANS✔✔ uses location of one feature class in relation to another
query language - ANS✔✔ SQL
Boolean operators - ANS✔✔ AND, OR, XOR, NOT
containment joins - ANS✔✔ a entirely inside b
intersection joins - ANS✔✔ a crosses b
proximity joins - ANS✔✔ a within x distance of b
spatial joins - ANS✔✔ joining two layers or features based on their location to one another
distance join - ANS✔✔ proximity based
inside join - ANS✔✔ containment based
summarized join - ANS✔✔ one-to-many
Study Guide and Practice Questions
Queries - ANS✔✔ extract features or records from a feature class or from a table and isolate
them for further use
attribute query - ANS✔✔ uses records in attribute table
spatial query - ANS✔✔ uses location of one feature class in relation to another
query language - ANS✔✔ SQL
Boolean operators - ANS✔✔ AND, OR, XOR, NOT
containment joins - ANS✔✔ a entirely inside b
intersection joins - ANS✔✔ a crosses b
proximity joins - ANS✔✔ a within x distance of b
spatial joins - ANS✔✔ joining two layers or features based on their location to one another
distance join - ANS✔✔ proximity based
inside join - ANS✔✔ containment based
summarized join - ANS✔✔ one-to-many
